To help those that may have got lost...
(...you're mean
@Slowmover - LOL! In an awesome way...)
Looks like I’m as sentimental as you. I have to keep a handkerchief at hand while running the roads.
There’s the “I” someone like Sinatra did so well (love), or the “we” such as in “Convoy” that is as much hymn as anything (achieving a desired end).
If I could figure out how to paste the addresses from this phone I’d link:
1). Marilyn Horne, from The Complete Decca Recitals, in, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”;
and,
2). Georges Thill, “Noel/ Minuit Chretiens”
as examples of now-I-have-to-pull-off-the-highway-to-clear-these-eyeglasses singing.
Giving the last full measure.
Many men believe themselves patriots. But until a woman of this caliber startles the congregation, unbidden, sweeping us off of our feet, that “patriotism” is not yet real.
Thill gives the finest performance of Silent Night I ever hope to hear. I believe it’s from about 1938.
3). And his, “La Marseillaise? “.
Tell me you’ve watched the Yellow Vests and not wanted to join in listening to this (THE) interpretation. Sixty years of life and I finally found a worthy performance. While I love the full orchestral Georges Bizet version, it is the man or woman who changes us.
THIS is a Frenchman!!
As with Bradford, Pennsylvania’s Marilyn Horne. A voice and a heartfelt interpretation that reduces me to tears. (Her PBS 1983 telecast “Live from Lincoln Center: The Great American Songbook” has been hidden away by the Enemy. It’s too moving. The later studio recordings aren’t the same; even this selection).
Yeah, driving a truck and using YouTube music selections has its moments.
4). Dave Dudley’s, “Six Days on the Road” captures it ALL for a driver. His sacrifice for family. The gambles based on experience. That it’s all come together (“passing a Jimmy and a White”) means there’s more to life than just the physical.
Some things aren’t going to be explained.
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